Category: Science

On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor melted down, but the rest of the world wouldn’t learn how close it came to nuclear Armageddon

The new flood risk index identified eight cities along the U.S. East Coast that are at high or very high risk of floods causing extreme

Cities fed by the Colorado River have taken huge steps to reduce their water consumption over the past few decades, yet water shortages are projected

The climate event is poised to supercharge weather extremes and push global temperatures to new highs.

Inspired by gas and liquid flow in earth science, researchers brewed an equation to calculate the speed of water percolation through ground coffee.

NASA celebrates Hubble’s 36th anniversary with a new image of the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region it first captured in 1997. The telescope leveraged almost

Building a dam in the Bering Strait might preserve the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but experts warn it could also threaten wildlife, Indigenous people and

Every experience we have changes our brain, the way a ceramicist reshapes a slab of clay. Every corner we turn, every conversation we have, every

Doctors are pulling out new techniques and drugs in an effort to cure devastating brain infections.

Thríhnúkagígur is a volcano near Reykjavík in Iceland with an empty magma chamber decorated with vivid colors that scientists and tourists can access via an

Researchers discovered evidence of enormous Kraken-like creatures who hunted in the seas some 100 million years ago, competing with large apex predators. (Image credit: Yohei

Scientists say they’ve made a key breakthrough that would allow robots to figure out complex tasks on their own, but experts say it raises questions

James Webb data reveal pristine gas irradiated by energetic light some 450 million years after the Big Bang — a sign it may house primordial

An analysis of ancient DNA and modern disease risk suggests some immune genes may reduce allergy risk rather than increase it.